Manchester United have lost just one of their last 39 home league games against Newcastle (W28 D10), losing 1-0 under David Moyes in December 2013.

Newcastle have won two of their last three Premier League games against Manchester United (L1), as many as they have won in their last 16 games against Manchester United (D4 L10).

Manchester United lost their last game of 2023 2-1 against Nottingham Forest – they have not lost their last league game in consecutive calendar years since 1985 (against Everton) and 1986 (against Norwich).

Newcastle have not won their last league game in the last seven calendar years (D5 L2) since beating Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the 2016 Championship. The last Premier League win of this kind was against Everton in 2014 (3-2). ).

No team has lost more Premier League games since the beginning of December than Manchester United (4). The last time they lost more league games in a single calendar month was September 1962 (5).

Manchester United have lost 3-2 to Nottingham Forest and 3-0 to Bournemouth in their last two Premier League games. They have not lost three league games in a row at Old Trafford since February 1979, while the last time they conceded more than three goals in three consecutive games was at home in October 1962.

Newcastle have won their last three Premier League games by an aggregate score of 11-0. They last won four times in a row in March/April 2023 (5), while they last managed this without conceding a goal in April 2012.

Manchester United have lost four of their last five Premier League games, losing 3-0 to Bournemouth and 2-0 to Wolves in their last two games. The Red Devils have not lost three consecutive league games without scoring since May 2015.

Anthony Gordon scored home and away against Manchester United in the Premier League last season – no Newcastle player has ever scored in three consecutive appearances against the Red Devils in this competition.

Alexander Isak has scored in each of his last five Premier League games, with Joe Willock becoming the last Newcastle player to score six goals in a row (a seven-goal streak that ended in May 2021). Isak has also scored 24 Premier League goals in 2024, with only Alan Shearer scoring more goals for the Magpies in a calendar year (27 in 2002).